SES says it is leading a European consortium of industrial partners in an agreement with the European Space Agency (ESA) to create Pacis-1, a new satellite communication platform for governments that is aimed at making secure satellite communications accessible and available to governments and institutions. Pacis-1 is part of the ESA’s Govsatcom Precursor programme and […]
UKTV, has appointed Mary Basterfield as Chief Financial Officer. Sitting on the Executive Board and reporting to the Chief Executive, she will be responsible for all financial decision-making at the third largest UK commercial broadcaster. Working closely with the CEO and the management team, Basterfield will play an active part in influencing the performance and […]
Eutelsat Communications’ all-electric Eutelsat 172B satellite that went into full commercial service on November 21st is now offering greatly enhanced flexibility, power and connectivity for users in a vast region stretching from the West coast of the Americas to Asia, Oceania and across the Pacific. The transfer of services to Eutelsat 172B from Eutelsat 172A […]
Arqiva, the UK communications infrastructure and media services company, has announced that British vintage film channel, Talking Pictures TV, is moving to one of its main standard definition (SD) multiplexes – expanding the channel’s reach to around 19 million homes across the UK. To date, Talking Pictures TV – which launched on Arqiva’s T2 HD […]
Espial has announced that its Elevate cloud-based Software as a Service (SaaS) video platform now features a next-generation user interface with voice control, allowing consumers to search, discover, and control live TV, on-demand content, and recordings using their voice. Compatible with all Amazon Alexa-enabled devices, Espial Elevate supports voice controls for a range of features […]
Motorsport.tv will showcase the entire video history of the famous 24 Hours of Le Mans, with more than 70 films to be published on the VoD site and broadcast on TV from January 1st 2018. The archive will include highlights of every race from 1954 onwards and Motorsport Network will become the exclusive home for […]
Sports clubs’ competition is now taking place on the digital field. This weekend, the Italian football club got one step ahead by launching a series of SmartReplay interactive videos that let fans make their own highlights. AS Roma fans can now make their own highlights in a new video experience called SmartReplay. When the SmartReplay […]
Witbe, an expert in Quality of Experience (QoE) test and monitoring, and Divitel, independent system integrator specialised in video and TV, have become partners to offer managed testing and monitoring services for customers in Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Through this alliance, broadcasters, operators and OTT providers will be able to benefit […]
German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 has confirmed that CEO Thomas Ebeling will leave his position in February. The news comes just following last week’s profit warning, and after Ebeling apologised for disparaging comments about the network’s viewers. Ebeling has since apologised for calling the network’s core audience “fat” and “poor” during a conference call with financial analysts […]
OTT TV platforms are becoming increasingly popular in Spain with four in every ten Spaniards watching streamed content via a TV set at least once a week, according to the CNMC (The National Commission on Markets and Competition). Netflix has more than doubled its subscriber count in the last 6 months to 1,163,000, up from […]